From our other sites
The story
Inba Marsh in Chiba prefecture suffered multiple levee breaches before dawn on the 22nd after heavy rain from Typhoon No. 25, raising fears that the range of the invasive snapping turtles established in the marsh could expand even further. According to the original article, once a “breeding switch” is triggered, their numbers could multiply by as much as 50 times in a single year. On 5ch, some proposed eating the turtles as pest control or using natural predators to curb them, while others questioned not the turtles’ breeding power itself but the marsh’s inadequate drainage capacity after the breach and the history behind its land reclamation — broadening the discussion into disaster-prevention territory.
Snapping Turtles Set to Explode After Inba Marsh Levee Breach? Experts Warn of a “Breeding Switch” That Could Mean Up to 50x Growth a Year
It’s been just over two weeks since Typhoon No. 25 caused massive damage centered on the Kanto region, including Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures.
Around Inba Marsh, where multiple sections of the levee breached before dawn on the 22nd, there are concerns that the range of the snapping turtle — a designated invasive species believed to be established in the marsh — could expand.
Source: encount.press / Original article here
What people said
Jaguars have already been released around Ichihara
Like softshell turtles, they're muddy-tasting, so if you're going to eat one, a week of purging in clean water is a must.
But they're a designated harmful invasive species, so moving a live one without a permit is banned — you can't just take one home alive.
If you catch one and dispatch it on the spot, though, bringing it home is fine.
How muddy-tasting any given turtle from here turns out to be is pure gacha until you actually eat it.
I caught and ate one from the irrigation canal near my parents' place — it was good.
It's been overused and busted wide open, lol
Not gonna be good for much from here on out
All anyone thinks about is expanding farmland? Is eating really all people care about?
Background and Points of Debate
The snapping turtle was designated a specified invasive species in 2005, and transporting or keeping one alive without a permit is banned under the Invasive Alien Species Act. “Eat to support” was a popular refrain in the thread, but what doesn’t come through from the original article or the thread’s reactions alone is that prep work like purging the mud out is required, and that legally bringing one home means dispatching it on the spot rather than transporting it live. The discussion also expanded beyond the turtles’ breeding power itself to touch on how Inba Marsh’s waters have been narrowed over the years through land reclamation, along with criticism of the levee’s inadequate drainage capacity — blending invasive-species concerns with criticism of flood-control policy. The phrase “breeding switch” comes from the original article’s headline, and the thread doesn’t go into detail on exactly which environmental factors would trigger it.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Science News+) thread “Snapping Turtles Set to Explode After Inba Marsh Levee Breach? Experts Warn of a “Breeding Switch” That Could Mean Up to 50x Growth a Year.”
Leave a Reply